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Ruins discovered in Iraq "could prove the biblical account of Noah's Ark to be true"

An Iraqi museum may have had evidence supporting the biblical account of Noah's Ark, according to a documentary.

The biblical narrative describes how a large boat rescues two of every kind of animal from floods. The Genesis narrative also describes how people started to construct the Tower of Babel after the flood. The enormous structure is used to describe how several human languages came into existence.

It claims that God confounded the workers' languages so they could no longer communicate in an effort to obstruct the building of the tower, which the Babylonians claimed could reach the skies. People were scattered across the surface of the world when the tower was never finished.

The Bible Conspiracies documentary now asserts that a find in Iraq's Babylon Province corroborates the story. The presenter describes how the discovery of a series of cylinders encircled by burned bricks led researchers to assume that the ruins matched the description of the renowned tower.

“The investigation goes on to explain how the Bible says the structure would later be destroyed by angels under God’s orders. Many believe the tower was destroyed by God, but the text actually tells us it was a strange race, referred to as the Anunnaki. These Anunnaki were described as coming from the heavens, sent to guide humans. In times gone by they were called angels, but today we might call them aliens.”

Bible Conspiracies has a rating of 2.5 stars and is available for free viewing for subscribers to the paid service. The documentary asserts that a Greek philosopher, not Jesus, was the real son of God. "Hidden in the Bible are ancient secrets. The marriage of Jesus and Mary and their children; the destruction of the tower of Babel by an alien race called the Anunnaki, and the hidden code that holds the revelation about future events."

One of the arguments is that a Greek philosopher who lived at the same time as Jesus has been mistaken for him. It's possible that Preacher Apollonius of Tyan was mistaken for Jesus in the Bible's accounts of his life and the miracles he worked in the New Testament. According to the series, Apollonius gained notoriety and a devoted following while preaching and working miracles.

It says: “There is, in fact, a man who can be found in text outside of the Bible after the church failed to eradicate him from history. His name is Apollonius and he was born in the 3rd or 4th year BC in Tyana in Cappadocia, Anatolia. He became a disciple of Pythagoras renouncing flesh, wine and women. He wore no shoes and let his hair and beard grow long. He reportedly restored life to the dead and spoke of things beyond the human reach. And, unlike Jesus, there is evidence to prove that Apollonius actually existed."